Los Alisos is sourced directly from La Prosperidad co-op member and producer Sergio Palermo’s farm. Named after the surrounding alder trees, the coffee is harvested in a cool, misty setting in the town of Chirinos.
Sergio is well known in the community for producing high quality coffee in this unpolluted haven of forest. He makes his own organic compost, contributing to the large compost facility at the co-op.
His coffee is picked, fermented, washed and dried in a solar dryer on his farm.
Los Alisos is a light, fruit-forward coffee with sweet notes of cotton candy and papaya and maintains a mellow acidity.
The Flavor Profile
honey
cherry
raisin
Los Alisos is sourced directly from La Prosperidad co-op member and producer Sergio Palermo’s farm. The coffee is harvested in the cool, misty mountains surrounding the town of Chirinos. Because of the low temperatures at this high altitude, the depulped coffee cherries are fermented in a unique concrete tank with wood planks that insulates the coffee from the cold. (From there, it takes 20-24 hours for fermentation, as opposed to a usual 12-16.)
Sergio and his wife Blanquita moved to Chirinos 30 years ago when their hometown suffered a severe drought. They transformed their plot of land from a yucca farm to the high quality coffee farm it is today.
Sergio contributes to his community both with his coffee and in making his own organic compost for the co-op’s large compost facility. His coffee is picked, fermented, washed and dried in a solar dryer on his farm. We have been buying from Sergio since 2016.
